After rendering, why can't I find the render on the hard drive?
As stated by other on this page, when you press F12, or use &quot;Render Image&quot;, the rendered image is not saved automatically.
Only when you use &quot;Render Animation&quot;, the images are saved in the path specified in the output section.
To save an image manually, go to the Image editor window and use &quot;Save Image As&quot; (Shortcut: Alt+S).
To save an image automatically every time, you can add a file output node in the compositor.
Alternatively, you can set the &quot;Frame Start&quot; and &quot;End Frame&quot; to 1 and press Ctrl+F12 (or &quot;Render Animation&quot;) to render. Then the image will be saved to the path specified on the &quot;Output&quot; settings.